jpdb beta

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

6

old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self

3

role of the villain; the bad guy

3

to beat the hell out of

3

ad lib; ad-lib

8

crime; offence; offense

6

zaru soba (soba served on a bamboo draining basket with dipping sauce)

1

light eating; spare diet; not eating much

4

to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)

8

buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles

1

snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation

5

body; body blow (in boxing)

2

mistake; error; blunder

4

election; selection; choice

1

to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with

19

assorted sandwiches

2

to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated

6

meat sauce; Bolognese sauce

1

to push away; to push aside; to shove

1

for two people; (work) of two; (meals) for two

1

lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)

8

to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out

4

complaint; troubles; objection; grievance

1

(of a lie, etc.) obvious; transparent

4

assumed innocence; feigned ignorance

1

accidental resemblance

6

spoiler; revealing important plot points of a story; spoiling a story

1

neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity

7

violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement

7

forest; shrine grove

155

to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with

11

I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?

4

random; by chance; haphazard; hit-or-miss; unplanned

4

to thrust down; to push off

6

stunt

1

to guess right

2

surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance

7

stump; stubble

1

to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback

2

to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

11

cameo performance; cameo appearance

1

at a glance; by accident

5

heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)

4

to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make laugh; to amuse

4

if you think about it; come to think of it

23

domestic duck

7

thicket; bush; grove; (medical) quack

3

pit viper (esp. the mamushi, Gloydius blomhoffi)

1

to bring someone along

2

at random

1